Lap quilt

Made with this course.

Project Description

What are you most proud of?
The free motion quilting. I learnt that on the free motion quilting tutorial !
What advice would you give someone starting this project?
Don't throw away good cotton shirts!

What you will need

My husband and son's old shirts for the stars and quilting cotton for the background

Q&A with Purdy Cheese

Meredith K asked:

Beautiful! I love stars! I wondered right away if it was shirts!! I LOVE it!! What a treasure you have made :)

Purdy Cheese answered:

Thank you Meredith, doing number 2 ! Got soo much fabric left its wonderful.

Meredith K asked:

Awesome news on #2! Any special tips or things to be aware of when working with clothing? I have some house coat dresses from the 60's that I was gifted, they seem like cotton or 1 might be a cotton poly blend?? There aren't any labels :( But I've been wanting to use them in a quilt, just been nervous to cut into them! :)

Purdy Cheese answered:

The only thing I had a slight problem with was that one of the shirts was a thinner fabric and I was worried that it would wear out faster than the others. I used some lightweight cotton lawn interfacing and ironed it on before I cut my blocks, it worked a treat. You can't tell its there and I did a wash test before making up my star and it washed perfectly. Hope your's tuns out well, have fun and don't forget to let us see it! :0)

m.koon1586713 asked:

OMG how come you turned up to be soooo clever....I wish I was getting married now as my bridesmaid I would have asked you to make me a wedding rings quilt...love all that you do.. I am collecting R old shirts as a result, will keep you posted

Purdy Cheese answered:

Haven't tackled the wedding rings yet,,,,bit of a chicken on that one!